performance tuning

OK, not quite 7 on today's show, but close enough! On today's episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes the always awesome Tom LaRock. Tom is Head Geek (what an awesome title!) at Solarwinds, an infrastructure monitoring and alerting tools company where he focuses on the database aspect of all...

Windows devices can be lightweight and highly mobile, yet, when you need it, have the full capabilities of the Windows OS. The Windows Storage and Deployment Teams, the people who bring modern storage APIs, Storage Sense, setup, and servicing to your phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop would like...

I am using windows 7 service pack 1 32-bit OS and it has many software’s such as NI LabView, TINA, Code composer studio, etc., during the normal usage the memory usage of the system is around 70% if I open a browser it reaches up to 95% and most of the system memory is getting occupied by the...

Does anyone know if there is a way for the user to tweak something in Win 7 Ulimate 64 it so that Pinnacle Studio 15 will use all 12 threads? Or is this restriction something imposed by the code in Studio. I was expecting a a 25% rendering speed improvement by moving from a 4 core intel to a 6...

When i play a game for just a minute or two my whole computer lags in a random kind of way. my video card is not over heating i checked during game and it was at 41C. i also reinstalled my drivers. does anyone know what is happening?

Black Viper, well known for service configuration settings for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and has now created a Service Configuration for Windows 8. From Black Viper; Link Removed From my own personal experience, I have found that right clicking on any particular service, then selecting...

General Question - I think I've tweaked the system about as far as I can know how to do right now - disabled Aero - done other things using Black Vipers tweaks and configurations and still at startup Win7 is running 350 megs. I like Win7 and memory is sort of a problem as I only have 1gig - but...

Hello everyone, I recently bought a Dell XPS 17 laptop running Windows 7 and would now like to insert an SSD in the available slot to run in parallel with the HDD that originally came with the laptop. I realize that the answers to some of my following questions are found in other related...

Since about a week ago, whenever I turn on my laptop and login to Windows 7 I can't click anything for about 5-10 minutes (changes every time). A loading icon pops up while I can't click anything (reminds me of Mac spinning wheel of death). Sometimes the wallpaper will go white and a box comes...

Hi I have purchased my share of utilities,tune up and maintance software since i got my windows 7 home premium 64bit.And i must be a slow learner,because every single time,i has ended very suddenly with:re-install windows because of errors in OS.I forgot to mention one type of software:Driver...

I need some help with my PC. Over the past 3 to 6 months it has gotten weird. I have a HP I purchased at a store just over a year ago. I am running Windows 7 64bit. Specs: OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 System Manufacturer...

Link Removed May 1st, 2012: 25% off. Use coupon code: WINDOWS7FORUMS Optimize every aspect of Windows 7 with the System Advisor or manually. Repair corrupt registry entries and defragment the registry. Disable and enable services based on how you are using your computer. Adjust and edit...

Hi the last phew days i have been suffering major performace issues with my system and every time i check to see what is eating up my procesor using task manager the process System interupts is cuasing massive spikes and each time it spikes my computer freezes and my audio becomes glitched i...

I am curious if there are any recommended system tuning software for 64 bits windows 7? I come across Advanced System Optimizer 3 and PCKeeper. I have not tried either of them but I have heard a few bad reviews for ASO.... Any idea?...

Let's say you've just fitted a new 120mm fan to the front of your pc. The wire isn't long enough to reach a motherboard fan header nor is there any way to modulate the fan speed. You've fitted it but it's going like the clappers and sounds way too loud... One answer would be to employ the fan...

I just rebuilt my desktop and installed Windows 7. I had thought to put My Pictures and My Music on separate Hard Drives from the Operating System and everything else; OR would performance be better with all on one hard drive and backing up the My Music and My Pictures to separate Hard Drives...

More RAM for less power is forecast in 2010 Analysis DDR3 hits 1.2V at 1333 and 1.35V at 1600 By Link Removed - Invalid URL Monday, 30 November 2009, 15:23 WHEN LOOKING AT PC system power consumption, the usual focus is on the CPU and GPU, followed by the chipset, disk drives and such...

Is there a noticeable increase in performance with overclocking of Memory and Motherboard, and if there is how would I go about doing it and at what intervals.... My motherboard, and memory names are in my specs drop down thingy. :P

I got two these I want to chat about with you guys. Right when I start my pc, the bootloader comes up where you pick which os you want to go into, since I dont use Vista anymore or Ubuntu ones that I installed with Wubi, I want to delete them, but I dont know how can someone tell me how to...

I've been trying to troubleshoot a very sluggish Windows 7 install for a couple days, and need help finding the cause. The culprit according Process Explorer is that the System Process runs at 100% CPU usage, and when I view the threads, it's actually dxgmms1.sys that's doing it. Does anyone...